Playground
by Curtis Jackson, III
Thirteen-year-old Butterball doesn't have much going for him. He's teased mercilessly... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2011
Word Count 45,309
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 900L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 148736, 7.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Bullying--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Bullying in schools
- Bullying--Fiction
- Middle school students
- Social workers--Juvenile fiction
- Bullies--Fiction
- Moving, Household--Fiction
- Moving--Fiction
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Peer Pressure
- Middle school students--Juvenile fiction
- Families
- Social workers
- Bullies
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